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Recently, Anthropic published a paper on multi-agent failure modes]. In one experiment, AI agents were simultaneously working on the same software system. Each was given a perfectly reasonable objective. The twist was that their objectives were incompatible. Surprise! Bad management creates dysfunctional organizations.
Read: AI Agents Need Good Management TooThe Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 in response to heavyweight, process-centric software development. It argued that communication and adaptability mattered more than rigid plans and documentation. That is still true, but AI changes the economics. Maybe it's time for a refresh?
Read: AI Manifesto87% of digital workers now use AI at work. 75% say it makes them more productive, but some of the gains are being swallowed by a new, largely invisible AI tax, e.g. Botsitting. Botsitting is the work required to make AI usable, including feeding it missing context, checking its outputs, debugging its mistakes, rerunning prompts, and cleaning up the confident-but-wrong answers AI leaves behind.
Read: Botsitting: The Hidden Cost of AI ProductivityAs AI compresses the effort required to write code, the non-coding portions of software development consume a larger percentage of total effort. And those are precisely the activities that offshore models have traditionally struggled with. I believe the future belongs to smaller teams, closer to the business, amplified by AI.
Read: It's Time to Rethink the Offshore Development ModelWho takes accountability when AI systems fail? A model can deny a loan. A model can misprice risk, yet a model cannot be sanctioned in a way a human or company can. You can fine a corporation, but only a human can apologize. Only a corporation or human can face legal consequences.
Read: AI Meat ShieldsLike everyone, I'm very curious to see how AI is going to impact individual jobs as well as overall organizational models. I believe the more impactful change will be on the organizational side and Block is leading the thinking in this space.
Read: Inside Block’s AI-Native OrganizationDo you remember when you first saw the movie The Matrix, and Neo learns Kung Fu, or Trinity learns to fly a helicopter just by uploading a new skill? If your software engineers are LLMs then welcome to Vercel's skills.sh
Read: Vercel Skills.shYou've reached the end!
